Way Down West (1927)
59m
Running Time
September 8, 1927Release Date
Plot.
Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.
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Cast & Crew.

Cho-cho Lam
Cui Yingying

Li Dandan
Hongniang

Ge Lijiang

Li Huamin

Huang Shaofen

Hu Chichang

Hou Yao
Director

Li Minwei
Producer

Wang Shifu
Theatre Play

Yaoting Zhu
Actor

Pu Shunqing
Writer / Assistant Director

Linguang Liang
Cinematographer
Media.










Details.
Release DateSeptember 8, 1927
Original Name西厢记
StatusReleased
Running Time59m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
partially lost film
Wiki.
Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.
The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu.
Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived.
The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.
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